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Making Seafood Imports Safer by Reducing Illegal Fishing

Our new podcast shares updates to the Seafood Import Monitoring Program.
November 21, 2024 - Podcast ,
International
shutterstock-seafood-display-in-market-750x500.jpg Fish on display at the market. Credit: Shutterstock

Listening for Whales: Using Passive Acoustic Monitoring to Track North Atlantic Right Whales

Whales use sound to communicate and find food. Passive acoustic monitoring uses sound to find when and where whales are in the ocean—and with new technologies, we can track them in near-real time.
November 20, 2024 - Video ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Southeast
Three people wearing rubber boots, chest waders, and protective gear, haul a large yellow and white passive acoustic recorder out of the ocean at the end of a large boat. Researchers retrieve a passive acoustic recorder. Courtesy: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute

2024 Bottom Trawl Survey in Photos

Ever wonder what life is like when your office is a large floating marine laboratory? Our photo gallery highlights some of the incredible sights and scenes from the 2024 Bottom Trawl Survey season.
November 20, 2024 - Photo Gallery ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Two scientists wearing hats, fleece jackets, hoodie, foul weather pants, and blue rubber gloves shuck sea scallops inside a research vessel’s wet lab area.

2025 Tuna Art Calendar Contest: Winners Gallery

The winning drawings of the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species 2025 Tuna Art Calendar Contest.
November 13, 2024 - Photo Gallery ,
National
Student drawing of tunas swimming.

AI Identifies Mysterious Whale Calls

Hear from the NOAA Fisheries scientist who identified Bryde’s whales as the source of a new whale call—biotwang—in the North Pacific. With Google AI and machine learning, we sorted through thousands of hours of acoustic recordings to identify these calls.
November 07, 2024 - Podcast ,
Pacific Islands
A Bryde's whale swims along the surface of the ocean. A Bryde’s whale photographed in the Mariana Archipelago. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Adam Ü (NOAA Fisheries MMPA-ESA Permit #14097)

Community Members Restore Hawaiʻi Coral Reefs and Reconnect with Traditional Hawaiian Ecological Practices

With support from NOAA, Kuleana Coral Restoration is training Native Hawaiians and community members in coral reef restoration. Meet the people taking part in the program.
October 29, 2024 - Video ,
Pacific Islands
Kuleana COAST participant Honuʻāina Nichols gets suited up for a coral restoration training dive on Oʻahu. Credit: Molly Feltner/NOAA Kuleana COAST participant Honuʻāina Nichols gets suited up for a coral restoration training dive on Oʻahu. Credit: Molly Feltner/NOAA

Squid: More than Just Calamari

A team of food scientists are working to reduce food waste—starting with squid wings.
October 10, 2024 - Podcast ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
A chef prepares various finger foods made from squid fins in the Dr. Matthew Highlands Food Pilot Plant in Hitchner Hall at the University of Maine. A chef prepares various finger foods made from squid fins in the Dr. Matthew Highlands Food Pilot Plant in Hitchner Hall at the University of Maine. Several chefs were invited to create dishes as part of a research project to develop new frozen foods made from squid fins. Photo courtesy of the University of Maine.

2024 Woods Hole Science Aquarium in Photos

We have some of the most amazing marine and estuarine animals on exhibit at our Woods Hole Science Aquarium. Let’s meet a few!
October 10, 2024 - Photo Gallery ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
X-ray of a diamondback terrapin (turtle) in profile.

A Look Inside the Coastal Pelagic Species Survey

Get a behind-the-scenes look at life aboard the NOAA Ship Reuben Lasker during the Coastal Pelagic Species Survey.
October 08, 2024 - Photo Gallery ,
West Coast
A long, slender, white fish with black spots along its belly.

2024 Ecosystem Monitoring Survey in Photos

Survey scientists get to see all kinds of interesting things while working at sea. Here are some of the sights and scenes they experienced during the 2024 Ecosystem Monitoring Survey season.
October 07, 2024 - Photo Gallery ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
A gray gull-like seabird flies just above the surface of the ocean.